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Languages and Culture UG Handbook (Russian with East European Language)

RussianÌýwith an East European language

This structure covers those degrees for students taking Russian in conjunction with a SELCS (School of European Languages, Culture and Society) language (e.g. French and Russian, German and Russian, etc).Ìý

  • You must register for exactly 120 credits per year of study;
  • You must have taken and passed 90 credits of Level 6 modules by the end of the final year;
  • You are not permitted to take more than 150 credits of Level 4 modules over the course of your programme;
  • The Year Abroad must be passed

    Please refer to the main module listings page to check if a module is running or not - /ssees/undergraduate-module-listings

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Year One

30 credits compulsory Russian language modules:

EITHER: (when Russian is ab initio):Ìý

SERS0001:ÌýComprehension of Russian (Year 1A) (15 credits)Ìýand
SERS0002: Use of Russian (Year 1A) (15 credits)

OR: (when Russian is post A Level or equivalent):
SERS0003: Comprehension of Russian (Year 1) (15 credits)
SERS0005: Use of Russian (Year 1) (15 credits) ÌýÌý

15 credits compulsory core Russian Culture module:ÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌý Ìý
SERS0008: Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism (15 credits)

45 credits from core culture modules:ÌýÌý Ìý
SERS0010: The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 credits)Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý
SERS0012: Representations of RussiaÌý (15 credits)
SERS0014: Russian Cinema: History, Ideology, Society (15 credits)
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30 credits in East European language

Either Level 1 (30 credits) or Level 2A (15 credits) plus Level 2B (15 credits)Ìý

Year Two

30 credits compulsory Russian language modules:

EITHER (when you took Russian at ab initio Year 1A level in the previous year):
SERS0016: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits) Ìý ÌýÌý
SERS0018: Use of Russian (Year 2A)Ìý (15 credits)

OR: (when you took Russian at Year 1 level in the previous year):
SERS0020: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)
SERS0022: Use of Russian (Year 2)Ìý (15 credits) Ìý ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌý

Between 45 and 60 credits from core Russian Culture modules:
from Year 2 Literature/Culture options, for example:



SERS0033 - Identities in Nineteenth- Century Russian Literature [R]Ìý
SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism

Between 0 and 15 credits from Interdepartmental modules:
Level 5 Interdepartmental module (codes beginning SEEE) - maximum of one

East European Language- 30 credits

Either Level 2A (15 credits) plus Level 2B (15 credits)Ìý
Or Level 3A (15 credits) plus Level 3B (15 credits)

Year Abroad

Your third year is spentÌýin Russia.Ìý You will normally spend this year studying at a university, but alternatives, such as work placements, may be possible. Further details are contained in the Year Abroad Handbook.

Students on a SSEES placement in Semester 1 should select SEES0138 and SEES0139
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Year Four

By the end of Year 4 you need to have taken a minimum of 90 credits in Level 6 modules over Years 2 and 4 together.

SSEES Language and culture modules - 60 credits

30 credits compulsory Russian language module:ÌýÌý
ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌý Ìý


SERS0039: Use of Russian (Year 4)Ìý (15 credits)

60 credits from optional modules

EITHER: all 60 credits from Level 6 Russian Culture modules
OR: 45 credits from Level 6 Russian Culture modules and 15 credits from Level 5/6 modules with codes beginning SEEE

Optional modules may include a maximum of two modules from the list below:
SERS0037 Comprehension of Russian (Year 4)
SERS0106 - Reading and Discussion of Texts in RussianÌý
SERS0107 - Writing, Editing and Blogging in RussianÌý

East European Language- 30 credits

Either Level 3A (15 credits) plus Level 3B (15 credits)
Or Ìý30-credit Freestanding Dissertation

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